Australian Childrens TV program from Channel TEN. First 18 minutes of the December 8th 1987 episode. Commercials: Neighbours promo TVO Eyewitness News Update You've Got To Be Joking Promo Highway to Heaven promo TVO Ident Young Talent Time promo St Vincent de Paul Little Athletics CSA Nabisco In A Biskit The Ghost & Mrs Muir promo (incomplete)
Topics: Ridgey Didge, Childrens Television, Australia
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The Adventures of Snelgrove Snail was a children's edutainment puppet TV show from 1979-1980. This video is intended for archival purposes. The video is taken from a VHS tape marked "The Undersea Adventures of Snelgrove Snail: Muddy Gras in Snailsville". It contains the aforementioned "Muddy Gras in Snailsville", which appears to be one of the 10 television specials produced for the show. it also contains the segments "Act with Tact" and "Mirror Up To...
Topics: snelgrove snail, childrens television, edutainment, snails
This is intended as preservation for the "Video Buddy" game console and the "Once Upon A Tree" puppet TV show. This was taken from a tape on the Video Buddy edutainment game console, which used VHS tapes containing full episodes of children's shows. These episodes then had breaks inserted where the Video Buddy character would ask what the child learned.
Topics: Video Buddy, Once Upon A Tree, childrens television, puppets
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This is the Volume One VHS from the children's TV show Once Upon A Tree. it contains the episodes "Teamwork Rules" and "The Secret Club". The show was created by Tremendous Productions, Inc. and the main distributor seems to be Navarre Corporation
Topics: VHS, Once Upon A Tree, Childrens Television, Puppets, Edutainment
This is intended as preservation for the "Video Buddy" game console and the "Once Upon A Tree" puppet TV show. The Video Buddy was a children's game console that used VHS tapes containing full episodes of children's shows, including Once Upon a Tree. This tape contains the entire episode with breaks, during which the Video Buddy character will ask questions about what happened.
Topics: Video Buddy, Once Upon A Tree, Childrens television, VHS, puppets
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This is an archive of the episode "Scaredy Cat" from the children's puppet TV series Once Upon A Tree by Tremendous Productions, Inc. This is believed to be the pilot episode of the show, as it features one of the producers, Robin Blair, as the character of Jenny, as opposed to the standard Kari Ann Shiff.
Topics: VHS, Once Upon A Tree, Edutainment, Puppets, Childrens Television, Pilot
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This video is taken from the Volume 2 VHS release of Once Upon A Tree, a children's puppet TV show. The show was created by Tremendous Productions, Inc., and the main distributor appears to be Navarre Corporation. The episodes are "Winning the Race" and "Big Ears".
Topics: VHS, Once Upon A Tree, Volume Two, Edutainment, Puppets, Childrens Television
A statement by the chairman of the subcommittee, Representative Edward J. Markey opened this hearing on H.R. 1677, the Children's Television Act of 1989, a bill which would require the Federal Communications Commission to reinstate restrictions on advertising during children's television, to enforce the obligation of broadcasters to meet the educational and informational needs of the child audience, and for other purposes. The text of the bill is then presented, followed by related literature,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Federal Legislation, Hearings, Programing (Broadcast),...
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Out of the Box - TV Series - Season 1 of 3 - MKV Missing Episodes 6,21 & 22 Video Size: 640x480 Out of the Box is an American children's television series which premiered on Playhouse Disney on October 7, 1998, and ended its run on September 27, 2004, with reruns until June 2005 (December 2006 in the UK). The series takes place in "The Box", a playhouse made entirely of cardboard boxes, where two hosts, Tony James and Vivian Bayubay McLaughlin, make crafts, sing songs, and act out...
Topics: tv, tv show, tv series, 90s, 1998, childrens television series, Douglas Love
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Out of the Box - TV Series - Season 2 of 3 - MKV Video Size: 640x480 Out of the Box is an American children's television series which premiered on Playhouse Disney on October 7, 1998, and ended its run on September 27, 2004, with reruns until June 2005 (December 2006 in the UK). The series takes place in "The Box", a playhouse made entirely of cardboard boxes, where two hosts, Tony James and Vivian Bayubay McLaughlin, make crafts, sing songs, and act out plays. Two special episodes...
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Topics: tv, tv show, tv series, 90s, 1998, childrens television series, Douglas Love
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07/20
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Out of the Box - TV Series - Season 3 of 3 - MKV Video Size: 640x480 Out of the Box is an American children's television series which premiered on Playhouse Disney on October 7, 1998, and ended its run on September 27, 2004, with reruns until June 2005 (December 2006 in the UK). The series takes place in "The Box", a playhouse made entirely of cardboard boxes, where two hosts, Tony James and Vivian Bayubay McLaughlin, make crafts, sing songs, and act out plays. Two special episodes...
Topics: tv, tv show, tv series, 90s, 1998, childrens television series, Douglas Love
Preschoolers' perceptions of the reality of selected televised portrayals were investigated in this study. Three factors (type of event, character, and format) were examined as a function of the age and sex of the children. Thirty-six 4- and 5 1/2-year-olds were asked to judge the reality of specific televised events shown on videotape. The events depicted varied in aggressiveness, format (cartoon versus non-cartoon) and type of character (humorous or non-humorous). Responses were scored on the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aggression, Childrens Television, Comprehension, Perception, Preschool Children,...
This document presents witness testimony and supplemental materials from a Congressional hearing called to examine Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, a cartoon designed to teach children about the danger of substance abuse. Opening statements are included by Senator Joseph Biden, Jr., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and by Senators Strom Thurmond, Howard Metzenbaum, Charles Grassley, Paul Simon, Patrick Leahy, Orrin Hatch, and Arlen Specter and Representatives Jack Brooks, Hamilton...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cartoons, Childrens Television, Drug Education, Hearings, Mass Media Role, Substance...
This study involved a content analysis of 25 episodes of "Barney and Friends," a popular children's television series by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). The study examined the literacy elements of "Barney and Friends" through the perspectives of emergent literacy theories. The purposes of the study were: (1) to find out what opportunities for literacy learning are offered by "Barney and Friends"; and (2) to evaluate how literacy messages conveyed by the show...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Content Analysis, Educational Television, Emergent Literacy,...
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1:12:31 - Brian & Kay returned to Legends Diner in Secaucus, NJ... but ended up meeting Jen, Alicia, Matt & Melissa at Tick Tock Diner in Clifton, NJ. Apparently Brian wanted to manifest a salad bar, Alicia wanted to manifest an alcoholic beverage, and the universe responded in kind! In this episode, we discuss what to do when negativity shows up in your life and how to change negative thoughts into positive thoughts. WE ARE CREATING A CHILDREN'S TELEVISION SHOW! Using our talents for...
Topics: Law of Attraction, Mastermind Group, Manifesting, Motivation, Success, Muppets, Acting, Music,...
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1:12:40 - Brian & Kay returned to Legends Diner in Secaucus, NJ... but ended up meeting Jen, Alicia, Matt & Melissa at Tick Tock Diner in Clifton, NJ. Apparently Brian wanted to manifest a salad bar, Alicia wanted to manifest an alcoholic beverage, and the universe responded in kind! In this episode, we discuss what to do when negativity shows up in your life and how to change negative thoughts into positive thoughts. WE ARE CREATING A CHILDREN'S TELEVISION SHOW! Using our talents for...
Topics: Law of Attraction, Mastermind Group, Manifesting, Motivation, Success, Muppets, Acting, Music,...
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58:93 - Jen, Brian, Alicia, Kay, Matt & Melissa return to Chit Chat Diner in Hackensack, NJ. Kay and Jen are manifesting muppets galore and much more! Alicia, Brian and Matt have been experiencing a mixture of blessings and apparent challenges and have been looking for the lessons within them. As Melissa brought up a few weeks ago, Dr. Masaru Emoto conducted experiments with frozen water crystals and positive and negative words. (See link for video below.) If written words can do this to...
Topics: Law of Attraction, Mastermind Group, Manifesting, Motivation, Success, Muppets, Acting, Music,...
An example of the influence of television on the reading interests of teenagers may be seen in the popularity of the book "Eric," the true story of a boy's four-and-a-half-year battle with leukemia, which began just two days before he entered college. Although the television adaptation was inaccurate in many details concerning Eric's life, teenagers were moved to learn more by reading about this teenager who struggled not only for life but for adolescent freedom, with style, humor,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Childrens Television, Programing (Broadcast),...
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1:09:17 - Jen, Brian, Alicia & Kay return to Legends Diner in Secaucus, NJ, along with our resident mime Melissa (a.k.a. Harpo), and introducing newcomer Matt Wilder to the show! (Looks like we're going to have to update our image to include his headshot!) In our longest episode to date, this week we talk about the "miracles" we manifested, "Work Weeks" versus "Passion Weeks," being "on time, all the time," the Law of Attraction and kids, doing things...
Topics: Law of Attraction, Mastermind Group, Manifesting, Motivation, Success, Muppets, Acting, Music,...
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1:00:31 - After a three-week break, we have returned in a bit of a new way. Kay & Alicia join Brian in his living room, while "Cyber" Matt Skypes himself in! (Jen & Melissa could not make it this week - but Happy Jen Day!) Kay has been in the final stages of her move and getting ready to get things set up for more puppet fun! Matt is in the process of manifesting a move into New York City while many summer hosting gigs are popping up. Lili is currently homele... er... "on...
Topics: Law of Attraction, Mastermind Group, Manifesting, Motivation, Success, Muppets, Acting, Music,...
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1:00:31 - After a three-week break, we have returned in a bit of a new way. Kay & Alicia join Brian in his living room, while "Cyber" Matt Skypes himself in! (Jen & Melissa could not make it this week - but Happy Jen Day!) Kay has been in the final stages of her move and getting ready to get things set up for more puppet fun! Matt is in the process of manifesting a move into New York City while many summer hosting gigs are popping up. Lili is currently homele... er... "on...
Topics: Law of Attraction, Mastermind Group, Manifesting, Motivation, Success, Muppets, Acting, Music,...
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Hosts: Jen Ponton, Brian Jude, Kay Koch, Alicia Angel, Matt Wilder & Melissa 47:43 - Kay, Alicia, Matt & Melissa once again join Brian in his living room. (Jen bought a one-way ticket to L.A. and is making magic happen for her! We hope she will Skype in for an episode soon if she stays out there longer!) Kay is finally out of her old apartment and is working the puppety connections. Matt's gigs are going well and keeping him busy as he sets his sights on living in NYC. Brian has been...
Topics: Law of Attraction, Mastermind Group, Manifesting, Motivation, Success, Muppets, Acting, Music,...
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1:00:03 - Jen, Brian, Alicia, Kay, Matt & Melissa return to Legends Diner in Secaucus, NJ, once again with Brian's son David. In this episode, we discuss changing your thoughts from lack to abundance, how the universe/your higher self has already had your goal set for you since before you were born, being in your truth, how much of our resistance comes from the subconscious level and the importance of keeping still and being happy. Tips of the Week: Keep a Mental Bank log for everything you...
Topics: Law of Attraction, Mastermind Group, Manifesting, Motivation, Success, Muppets, Acting, Music,...
This guide describes more than 800 film, television, and radio productions developed with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NEH supports projects that convey significant scholarship to the general public and engage citizens in critical interpretation and analysis of the humanities. Film, video, and radio programs are listed in alphabetical order in one of the following eight sections: (1) United States History and American Studies; (2) Literature and Language; (3)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Educational Radio, Educational Television, Films, Humanities,...
From 1969 to 1993 the definition of program length commercials has not been consistent. The FCC's first involvement with program length commercials was in 1969 when "Hot Wheels," a cartoon based on Mattel Corporation's Hot Wheels cars, was alleged to be nothing more than a 30 minute commercial. The FCC made no formal ruling but did develop a vague definition of a program length commercial. In 1971, the FCC issued its first Notice of Inquiry and Notice of Proposed Rule Making regarding...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, Federal Regulation, Government Role,...
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Bad guy in "The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin" drops the F-bomb. This is when childrens television was cool.
Topics: Funny or Die Video Archive, 80s, Bad Guy, Childrens television, Teddy Ruxpin, The AdVentures,...
The topic of this hearing was the Children's Television Act of 1990. This act was designed to increase the choices for children and to give parents and families the possibility of finding educational programming to supplement other children's programs. The Act has two major provisions. First, it established time limits on the amount of advertising that could be shown during children's programs. The second requires broadcasters to serve the educational and informational needs of the child...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Children, Childrens Television, Educational Media, Educational Television, Elementary...
War play is play with a toy that initiates violence or play that involves the imitation of war. War play can involve: (1) the use of toys based on television cartoon shows to imitate the action in the cartoons; (2) play with replicas of war paraphernalia or manipulatives shaped into guns; and (3) dramatic play. The negative effects on children that result from the first two types of war play include a lack of creativity and dramatic play, limited ability to work through anxiety, use of negative...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aggression, Cartoons, Child Development, Children, Childrens Television, Dramatic...
The intent of this document has been to provide a synthesis of the status of research on children's television that could be used as an information base for planning purposes. An outline or hierarchy of critical television research topics which need further investigation has been compiled from an analysis of major reference documents and personal interviews. Selected state-of-the-art documents are also reviewed. These documents focus on a number of aspects of the impact of television on...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Mass Media, Preschool Learning, Program Evaluation, Television...
The Federal Communications Commission is currently considering modifying or eliminating existing media ownership rules. Children's advocates are concerned that any changes to these rules could negatively affect the already limited amount and types of programming available for children. Children Now conducted the first study to examine the availability and diversity of children programming in an increasingly consolidated media marketplace. Los Angeles was selected as a case study for this...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Centralization, Childrens Television, Comparative Analysis, Mergers, Programming...
Since 1996, the "Arthur" program on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) has featured stories about the challenges of childhood for children ages 3 through 8, illustrating problem-solving and communication skills as well as the importance of self-respect and respect for others. This booklet provides creative ideas for ways to incorporate "Arthur" books and television episodes into children's activities or events held at television stations, libraries, community...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Community Programs, Early Childhood Education, Learning...
This paper argues that the Children's Television Act of 1990 (CTA) required television broadcasters to air educational and informational children's programming, but Federal Communications Commission (FCC) policy did little to clarify the definition of "educational and informational." The paper first examines the historical usage/definitions of the phrase in children's programming debate since the 1960s, noting that the FCC refused to actively regulate programming. The next section of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Definitions, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Mass...
This paper addresses the role of quality age-appropriate television programming in preschoolers' lives. The paper describes a developmental investigation of preschoolers' knowledge of polite behavior routines and their modeling of host-quest behaviors from a special episode to the television program "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood." The research reported in the paper took an ecological approach to the study of children's learning from television by using Soviet activity theory to frame the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Behavior, Childrens Television, Cultural Influences, Mass Media Role, Preschool...
A bill (S. 797) to establish a National Endowment for Children's Educational Television was designed to amend the Communications Act of 1934. This report contains evidence presented in support of the bill. Included are: (1) a statement of background and needs; (2) a description of the state of education in the United States, highlighting the importance of supporting children's educational television in the face of declining international competitiveness of the U.S. educational system; (3) a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Endowment Funds, Federal Aid, Federal...
This document contains the transcripts from a workshop to investigate strategies to use in dealing with violence on children's television. The papers given by outside experts include: (1) "Effect of Television Violence on Children and Youth" by Michael Rothenberg, (2) "Implications of the Psychological Effects of Television Programming on Black Children" by Carolyn Block, (3) "Towards a More Daring Middle Ground" by Peter Almond, and (4) "The Role of Fantasy...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Black Youth, Child Development, Childrens Television, Community Action, Fantasy,...
This report covers the results of the fiscal year 1996 (October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996) CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) Public Television Programming Survey. This biennial survey, conducted since 1974, categorizes and analyzes trends in public television programming. Program carriage information was provided by TV Data via PBS Research; a random sample of 14 broadcast days was selected from each station. The following findings are highlighted: stations add to airtime;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Broadcast Television, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Programming...
This report summarizes the present state of knowledge about the effects of television advertising on children. After a discussion of children's television viewing patterns, the report reviews the existing research relevant to such issues as children's ability to distinguish commercials from program material; the influence of format and audiovisual techniques on children's perceptions of commercials; the effects of characters in commercials, self-concept appeals, premium offers, food...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Advertising, Bibliographies, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Television,...
This study explores children's understanding of television commercials that feature the same primary characters as those in the adjacent program content, a commercial technique known as "host-selling." Responses of children 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 years of age to identical commercials presented in both a host-selling and normal viewing (non-host-selling) context are examined. Three dimensions of the processing of television advertising are assessed: ability to discriminate commercial from...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Age Differences, Children, Childrens Television, Comprehension, Federal Government,...
Designed to serve as a resource book to aid decision making by Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) staff and advisory panels, this report consists of a review and analysis of the current state of children's television programming. Major sections of the report are devoted to describing and analyzing children's television programming in the public broadcast community, while the remaining portions look at the context in which children and their television series interface. Three general...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Information Needs, Program Evaluation,...
Following a content analysis, 85 children's programs were assigned a pacing index derived from the following criteria: (1) frequency of camera cuts; (2) frequency of related scene changes; (3) frequency of unrelated scene changes; (4) frequency of auditory changes; (5) percentage of active motion; (6) percentage of active talking; and (7) percentage of active music. Results indicated significant differences in networks' pacing overall and in the individual criteria: the commercial networks...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Content Analysis, Preschool Education, Programming (Broadcast),...
This study explored children's play behavior as it may be influenced by a particular type of television programming, i.e., shows based on commercially available toys. Subjects were two groups of 5- to 6-year-old and 7- to 8-year-old boys who were exposed to a representative program, The Transformers, which features the Transformer toys. Exposure to the programming was assessed using a self-report with parent verification, while familiarity with the toys was assessed through two ranking tasks...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Males, Merchandising, Programing (Broadcast), Retention...
Included in this hearing is the testimony of researchers from governmental agencies and media organizations, representatives of scientific associations, scholars, early childhood educators, and television personalities concerning the effects of televised violence on the behavior of children, adolescents, and adults. Specifically, testimony focuses on (1) observations of the effects of televised violence in children's programs on children's play behaviors and the psychological process through...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Children, Childrens Television, Early Childhood...
Testimony presented at this hearing focuses on ways in which television can have a positive impact on children's education, what is known about the impacts of television programming on children, and what Congress can do to promote television's positive educational values. Witnesses include the following: John D. Abel, senior vice president, research and planning, National Association of Broadcasters; Grace Baisinger, National Parent Teacher Association; William F. Baker, president, Television...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Government Role, Hearings, Legislation,...
This report provides transcripts of two hearings held 6 months apart before a subcommittee of the House of Representatives on three bills which would require the Federal Communications Commission to reinstate restrictions on advertising on children's television programs. The texts of the bills under consideration, H.R. 3288, H.R. 3966, and H.R. 4125 are also provided. Testimony and statements were presented by: (1) Representative Terry L. Bruce of Illinois; (2) Peggy Charren, Action for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Advertising, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, Federal Legislation,...
The hearing transcribed in this report is focused on how television broadcasters have been meeting their obligations to the child audience as described in the Children's Television Act of 1990 and how the Federal Communications Commission has been enforcing the law. The report contains testimony from: (1) Peggy Charren, founder, Action for Children's Television; (2) Jeffrey Chester, codirector, Center for Media Education; (3) Paul LaCamera, vice president, WCVB-TV, who presented a prepared...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Broadcast Industry, Broadcast Television, Childrens Television, Commercial...
This paper summarizes a series of studies investigating the nature of children's attention to television. In a study of distraction, children's visual attention was found to be affected by distractions in the environment, by the nature of the program and by the viewer's own patterns of attending. A study of the general patterns of attention to television revealed that children have an inertial tendency such that they can become "locked in" to TV viewing. The longer a child had been...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Attention, Attention Span, Childrens Television, College Students, Early Childhood...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the late 1980s appeared to pursue its own agenda of broadcast deregulation, notwithstanding congressional pressures. The apparent power shift is evident in a case study of the interactions between Congress and the FCC on the subject of children's television. In the early 1970s, the FCC tended to accede to Congress and other regulatory players with regard to children's television. In the second half of the decade, too, Congress used oversight,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Case Studies, Childrens Television, Federal Government, Federal Regulation,...
This research paper discusses the messages and approaches being implemented in current television curricula for young children in the area of fire safety education, describes the process whereby the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) staff generated topics and approaches for inclusion in the model television curriculum, and lists the resources investigated by the staff. It discusses preschool children as television viewers and explains the consequent rationale used in adapting certain...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Experimental Curriculum, Fire...
Scheduling the morning "kiddie" block has become an important issue since PBS's (Public Broadcasting Service) 1990-91 children's initiative. Adding to the mix of children's programs is the upcoming "PTV, The Ready to Learn Channel on PBS." This services promises more children's titles as well as more hours of material for stations to manage. Ten model stations will be airing one of its two different schedules during the start-up period. Stations that are not airing...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Childhood Needs, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Graphs, Programming...
This study was undertaken to ascertain the need for and determine the feasibility of extending KIDS-4, a non-profit, non-commercial children's cable television project, from its base in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, to other communities in Dane County. The programming and production for this project, which was started in 1977, are entirely conceived, developed, and implemented by local school children ranging in age from 9 to 14 years. Two community surveys--one to ascertain the attitudes of parents...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cable Television, Childrens Television, Community Programs, Facility Planning,...
